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  • British Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy recruitment office in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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  • British Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy recruitment office in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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  • An army recruitment coach drives beneath a large advert for American Airlines of a wide-bodied airliner in Waterloo, south London. The words Leadership, Teamwork and Tactics are seen written on the side of the bus alongside the image of a tank and a professional soldier with arms folded. Helicopters fly in the vehicle's windows. Above is a large billboard advertising American Airlines, their wide-bodied airliner seemingly flying across the landscape.
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  • Migrant workers browse the job postings at an outdoor employemtn and recruitment center in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • Migrant workers browse the job postings at an outdoor employemtn and recruitment center in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • Migrant workers browse the job postings at an outdoor employemtn and recruitment center in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • Migrant workers browse the job postings at an outdoor employemtn and recruitment center in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • Migrant workers browse the job postings at an outdoor employemtn and recruitment center in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • In neat diagonal rows, young Nepali boys are crouching on the ground at the British Army's Gurkha base in Pokhara, Nepal where the Britain's Ministry of Defence recruits the best choices to become fully-trained soldiers in the UK's Gurkha Regiment. Some 60,000 young Nepalese boys aged between 17 - 22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000 - 12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the flight to the UK. The Gurkhas training wing in Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force RAF and before a march andflypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britains air defence history which flew over central London, service personnel prepare by A RAF recruiting hoarding, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • On the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force RAF and after a march andflypast of 100 aircraft formations representing Britains air defence history which flew over central London, foreign service oficers walk past an RAF recruiting hoarding, on 10th July 2018, in London, England.
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  • Media people setting up camera equipment in a designated area ring fences with crowd control barriers, in front of a large digital Flag of the United States on the side of the US Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
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  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • Wearing a turban according to the beliefs of the Sikh faith, a Metropolitan police officer helps an Asian lady citizen outside Buckingham Palace, London England UK. At a time when the 'Met' were recruiting members of ethnic minorities to demonstrate their tolerance of other communities, this man is clearly a symbol of how Britain has changed, since the 1960s to a multi-cultural society. Pointing out direction to help the lady find her way, the officer proudly wears his turban of his religion.
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  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • Man surrendering in front of a "Join the Marines" recruiting office set up at the edge of Potters Field.The Blue Ribbon Village in Potters Fields Park is a family-friendly river and environment zone exploring the river's wildlife, the industries it supports and its history..The Thames Festival 2011, photo by Barry Lewis. The Festival celebrates London and the iconic river at its heart - the Thames - by dancing in the streets, feasting on bridges, racing on the river and playing at the water's edge.
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  • Wearing a turban according to the beliefs of the Sikh faith, a Metropolital police officer stands outside Buckingham Palace, London England UK. At a time when the 'Met' were recruiting members of ethnic minorities to demonstrate their tolerance of other commnities, this man is clearly a symbol of how Britain has changed, since the 1960s to a multi-cultural society
    RB_119-21-04-1989.jpg
  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
    QS110221Yiwu101.jpg
  • Factory recruiters, displaying hand-written signs of the type of employee skill-set they seek, wait for interested workers at an outdoor job market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on 21 February, 2011.  China's main export-oriented private manufacturing centers in the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta are facing a labour shortage after the Lunar New Year holidays, as an increasing number of migrant workers in  are staying put in the countryside due to rapid urbanization and economic development in China's interior, while those who continue to work in the traditional industrial belts such as Yiwu are demanding and receiving more wages and benefits.
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  • Below an effigy of Christ on the cross is a banner asking passers-by if theyre thinking about joining the Catholic faith in south London, on 21st September 2016, in Waterloo, SE1, London borough of Southwark, England UK.
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  • A poster featuring staff with the London Fire Brigade LFB outside their headquarters in Southwark, on 30th January 2018, in London, England.
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  • Standing against strong Autumnal afternoon light, two police officers from an unknown constabulary, guard one entrance to the venue where the Conservative (Tory) Party Conference is being held, at the Bournemouth International Centre that overlooks the sea in Dorset, England. In 1990, the terrorist threat came from Irish Republicans (IRA) rather than Islamist extemists and credible threats proved to be correct, that these idealists wanted to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Police cordons were therefore an efficient method of controlling and restricting access to those without the proper delegates' or media accreditation. The most striking figure is the male officer in the foreground whose profile is prominent because of his traditional police helmet.
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  • A Metropolitan Police diver surfaces beneath the murky waters of the River Thames in front of the tall buildings of the City of London, England. Blowing bubbles, he exhales through his oxygenated mask and looks through the Plexiglass to the viewer. The Underwater and Confined Space Search Team (UCSST), are part of the Marine Support Unit and based at Wapping. They also carry out searches in canals, ponds, lakes and reservoirs. It was set up as a full time unit in 1964. One of their most distressing jobs, however, is recovering bodies from the River. On average over 50 people lose their lives in the Thames each year and about 80% of these are by suicide (usually by jumping off one of the many bridges that cross the Thames). After a body is recovered from the River it is taken to the mortuary at Wapping Police Station for identification.
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  • Visitors admire the ship's bell while touring the top deck on-board the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious during a public open-day in Greenwich. Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its forthcoming decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
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  • As families queue in the grounds of the Naval College, Greenwich, children play beneath a giant inflatable figure of a Royal Navy sailor. During a public open-day in Greenwich, London when the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
    navy_open_day04-11-05-2013.jpg
  • Members of Royal Marines Commandos demonstrate various weaponry to small children and young adults  during a public open-day in Greenwich, London during which the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
    navy_open_day17-11-05-2013.jpg
  • As families queue in the grounds of the Naval College, Greenwich, children play beneath a giant inflatable figure of a Royal Navy sailor. During a public open-day in Greenwich, London when the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
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  • Members of Royal Marines Commandos demonstrate various weaponry to small children and young adults  during a public open-day in Greenwich, London during which the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
    navy_open_day16-11-05-2013.jpg
  • Members of Royal Marines Commandos demonstrate various weaponry to small children and young adults  during a public open-day in Greenwich, London during which the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
    navy_open_day02-11-05-2013.jpg
  • Families queue in the grounds of the Naval College, Greenwich past a giant inflatable figure of a member of Royal Marines Commandos. During a public open-day in Greenwich, London when the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
    navy_open_day13-11-05-2013.jpg
  • Members of Royal Marines Commandos demonstrate various weaponry to a teenage boy and smaller children during a public open-day in Greenwich, London during which the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious docked on the river Thames, allowing the tax-paying public to tour its decks before its decommisioning. Navy personnel helped with the PR event over the May weekend, historically the home of Britain's naval fleet.
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  • Young Nepali boys stride past poor elderly man in Kathmandu street after recruitment into the British Gurkhas. Trying for places in the Gurkha Regiment is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Nepali boys pose for a group photo under Kathmandu's Boudhanath Stupa after recruitment into the British Gurkhas. Trying for places in the Gurkha Regiment is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkhas08-16-01-1997_1.jpg
  • Young Nepali boys admire a young girl on an army walk along Himalayan path during recruitment to the Gurkha Regiment. Trying for places in the Gurkha Regiment is part of tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkhas06-16-01-1997_1.jpg
  • Young Nepali boys adjust their spacing during a camp parade after recruitment to the British Gurkha Regiment. Trying for places in the Gurkha Regiment is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • A young Nepali boy is measured for lung capacity during a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment - part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training, on 16th January 1997, in Pokhara, Nepal. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • A young Nepali boy is undergoing a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass.  60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • A young Nepali boy is straining in his last sit-ups during a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • A young Nepali boy is undergoing a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass.  60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • A young Nepali boy is undergoes a recruitment test of pull-ups for the Gurkha Regiment, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training, on 16th January 1997, in Pokhara, Nepal. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • A young Nepali boy is undergoes a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training, on 16th January 1997, in Pokhara, Nepal. Carrying 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko basket for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass.  60,000 boys aged between 17-22 or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_selection01-16-01-1997.jpg
  • For their daily river washing ritual, young Nepali boys bathe in the river Seti Gandaki in a valley side near the British Gurkha Regiments army camp at Pokhara during their recruitment selection held ever year, 16th January 1997, in Pokhara, Nepal. <br />
After a gruelling series of physical tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_selection04-16-01-1997.jpg
  • Teenage Nepali boys await the start of a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They have to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • A young man who is interested in joining the British army has dropped in to a recruiting office in Central London. Sitting in front of an action picture of serving soldiers already living their own adventurous dream for Queen and country. They are on manoeuvres with a tank and others in support from the same platoon in the background. The lad is reading every word a brochure published by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) called Infantry Soldier which will give him the facts about the job and answer his questions regarding a new career. With squeezes on the budgets for supplying servicemen's equipment, this young recruit may not find realities of life in the armed services as idyllic as is suggested on paper.
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  • A British army Parachute Regiment recruit is suffering from exhaustion on a rigorous assault course conducted over rough terrain and into water. He emerges dripping from the water jump and back into the forest accompanied by instructors who shout encouragement and abuse to get the candidate to a successful stage of this test. This forms part of the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme that recruits wanting to join the British Army's elite Parachute Regiment, held regularly at Catterick army barracks in Yorkshire, need to pass (with other tests) before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
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  • An instructor with the Royal Gurkha Rifles points a recruit towards an objective while on tactical training manoeuvres on heathland above Farnborough, on 5th August 1996, in Farnborough, England. Nepali-born boys belong to an elite Regiment of the British army. Every year 60,000 boys attend recruiting sessions in villages and towns in the Himalayan Kingdom but only 150 are selected each year to serve on active duty across the world. They fly to the UK for basic soldier training where they learn the skills required for infantry, transport, communications or clerical duties. Their reputation as a fierce but intensely loyal fighting force and many Victoria Crosses were won for bravery during World War 2. Here they are seen cradling modern SA-80 rifles while dressed in camouflaged helmets with oak leaves.
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  • A Parachute Regiment recruit is in mid-flight and leaps across a wide space between scaffolding and a rope net during the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme. Seen in silhouette, the man is in full stretch, half-way between the gantry he leapt from and the rope net that he is about to meet. It is an image that describes a mid-point, a half-way position between safety and uncertainty. Known as the Trainasium, it is an 'Aerial Confidence Course' which is unique to P Company. In order to assess his suitability for military parachuting, the Trainasium tests a candiates ability to overcome fear and carry out simple activities and instructions at a height above ground level. Recruits wanting to join the British Army's Parachute Regiment held regularly at Catterick army barracks, Yorkshire, need to pass this and other tests before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
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  • Three soldier recruits wearing shorts and black army boots, one with blood trickling down from the knees to the shins, stand at ease, lined up for inspection after the rigorous steeple-chase endurance race, an individual test with candidates running against the clock over a 1.8 mile cross country course. The course features a number of 'water obstacles' and having completed the cross country element, candidates must negotiate and 'Assault Course' to complete the test. This forms part of  the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme. Recruits wanting to join the British Army's Parachute Regiment held regularly at Catterick army barracks, Yorkshire, need to pass this and other tests before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret. A plastic bottle of water stands between recruit number three (3) and six (6).
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  • Young Nepali boys in army red march though a Pokhara street after being recruited for the Gurkha Regiment.  Trying for places in the Gurkha Regiment is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Young Nepali boys look at family photos during Gurkha recruiting selection in barracks of Pokhara camp. Trying for places in the Gurkha Regiment is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Young Nepali boys watch how to perform sit-ups in Himalayas, hoping to be recruited for the Gurkha Regiment. This is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. They will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Young Nepali boys attend a line-up in Himalayas, hoping to be recruited for the Gurkha Regiment. This is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. For example, they will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Young Nepali boys do a leadership test in Pokhara  camp, hoping to be recruited for the Gurkha Regiment. This is part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. For example, they will need to perform 25 straight-kneed sit-ups at a 45° slant both within 60 seconds to pass. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • An physical education instructor tests an army recruit for concussion after a bout of Milling, a test of aggression that  recruits must pass before qualifying as a paratrooper in the Para Regiment of the British Army, on 23rd July 1996, at Aldershot, England. The controversial Milling tradition unique to the Paras is a test for young men to prove they have a killer spirit by a timed gloved one-to-one boxing fight. Within that time, they have to punch as fiercely as possible, often resulting in blooded noses and temporary concussion.
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  • A boy soldier has collapsed on the ground suffering from fatigue and dehydration on a rigorous march conducted as a squad of soldier recruits, over undulating terrain with each candidate carrying a bergen (back pack) weighing 35 pounds (plus water) and a weapon. Two senior trainers haul the buy up who fell under the weight of his backpack and weapon carried on a hot day and without drinking enough fluids. The 10-mile march must be completed in 1 hour and 50 minutes and it forms part of the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme that recruits wanting to join the British Army's elite Parachute Regiment, held regularly at Catterick army barracks in Yorkshire, need to pass (with other tests) before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
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  • Officers and new recruits of the British Royal Gurkha Regiment pose for their official photograph at their army camp at Pokhara, Nepal after recently being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates, before the 160 lucky candidates travel to the UK for basic training. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • New recruits of the Royal Gurkha Regiment swear allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen’s portrait during their passing-out parade at their camp at Pokhara, Nepal. After being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates, the lucky 160 fly to the UK for basic training. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those more educated to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857
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  • New recruits of the British Royal Gurkha Regiment learn to parade for their official photograph at their army camp in Pokhara, Nepal after recently being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates, before the 160 lucky candidates travel to the UK for basic training. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • A boy soldier collapses on the ground suffering fatigue and dehydration on the rigorous 10-mile march conducted as a squad, over undulatiing terrain with each candidate carrying a bergen (back pack) weighing 35 pounds.(plus water) and a weapon. Three senior trainers help revive the lad with smelling salts who fell under the weight of his backpack and weapon carried on a hot day and without drinking enough fluids. The march must be completed in 1 hour and 50 minutes. This forms part of the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme. Recruits wanting to join the British Army's Parachute Regiment held regularly at Catterick army barracks, Yorkshire need to pass this and other tests before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
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  • British army Parachute Regiment recruits are suffering from fatigue on a rigorous forced march conducted as a squad, over undulating terrain with each candidate carrying a Bergen (backpack) weighing 35 pounds (plus water) and a weapon. The lads are slowly buckling under the weight of backpack Bergens and weapons carried on a hot day and without drinking enough fluids. The 10-mile march must be completed in 1 hour and 50 minutes and it forms part of the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme that recruits wanting to join the British Army's elite Parachute Regiment, held regularly at Catterick army barracks in Yorkshire, need to pass (with other tests) before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
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  • A boy soldier is about to collapse on the ground suffering fatigue and dehydration on the rigorous long march conducted as a squad, over undulating terrain with each candidate carrying a Bergen (backpack) weighing 35 pounds (plus water) and a weapon. The lad is buckling under the weight of his backpack and weapon carried on a hot day and without drinking enough fluids. The 10-mile march must be completed in 1 hour and 50 minutes and it forms part of the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme that recruits wanting to join the British Army's elite Parachute Regiment, held regularly at Catterick army barracks in Yorkshire, need to pass (with other tests) before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
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  • British and Nepali-born army officers assess recruits during an army exercise trial known as the British Fitness Test (BFT) at the British Gurkha Regiment's camp at Pokhara, Nepal. The boys are among those trying for a highly-valued place in the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • New recruits of the British Royal Gurkha Regiment parade before taking official oaths on the Union Jack flag at their army camp in Pokhara, Nepal after recently being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates, before the 160 lucky candidates travel to the UK for basic training. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Wearing numbered bibs, four Nepali boys warm-up before an army exercise trial known as the British Fitness Test (BFT) at the British Gurkha Regiment's army camp at Pokhara, Nepal. These boys are among those trying for a highly-valued place in the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • While being shouted and screamed at by a tattooed instructor, a squad of 8 soldier recruits experience the extreme exhaustion and stress during an army team event in which they haul a log (a telegraph pole) weighing 60 kg over 1.9 miles (3.1 km) of undulating terrain. Candidates wear only a numbered helmet and webbing but all their energies must go into performing as a team and completing the course in the time allotted. This is supposed to be one of the hardest events of what the 14-week long Pegasus (P) Company selection programme. Recruits wanting to join the British Army's elite Parachute Regiment held regularly at Catterick army barracks, Yorkshire need to pass this and other tests before earning the right to wear the esteemed maroon beret.
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  • For their regular river washing ritual, the red identical t-shirts of young Nepali boys walk in single-file down a valley side near the British Gurkha Regiment's army camp at Pokhara after recently being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Red identical t-shirts of young Nepali boys walk in single-file through a dry valley near the British Gurkha Regiment's army camp at Pokhara after recently being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • With a grimace on her pained face, a female Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst splashes through a water obstacle during  an endurance race. Recruits are running a 5 mile steeplechase around the Academy grounds to assess individual stamina and accumulate team points. Sandhurst is an institution which has bred staff officers since 1800. Today it trains future officers for the demands of leadership and military understanding of military understanding. Students are tested for their command instincts, intellect, strength of character and physical endurance often under great psychological pressure - the demands asked of them in modern warfare. Failure in this test might not necessarily mean dismissal though perseverance or refusal to give up won't harm their prospects.
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  • A newly-recruited Nepali boy is about to leave his homeland for the UK, where the British army is to make him a fully-trained soldier in the Gurkha Regiment. Daubed with saffron and paint, the sign of good luck on a journey to come, he stands with absolute pride with garlands of fresh flowers draped around his neck by well-wishing relatives before they wave good bye to their son or brother for his two years absence away from home. Some 60,000 young Nepalese boys aged between 17 - 22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000 - 12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the flight to the UK. The Gurkhas training wing in Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • A newly-recruited Nepali boy stares through the window of a Nepal Airlines airliner during his flight from his Himalayan homeland to the UK where his 2-year training for the British Army will begin, on 16th January 1997, in Kathmandu, Nepal. He is leaving behind his family for England where the British army is to make him a fully-trained soldier in the Gurkha Regiment. Some 60,000 young Nepalese boys aged between 17 - 22 or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000 - 12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the flight to the UK. The Gurkhas training wing in Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • An Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is loaded into the back of a British Army Land Rover ambulance to join the downfacing trainers of a collapsed colleague, after retiring  from an endurance race. Recruits run a 5 mile steeplechase around the Academy grounds to assess individual stamina and accumulate team points. Sandhurst is an institution which has bred staff officers since 1800. Today it trains future officers for the demands of leadership and military understanding of military understanding,. Students are tested for their command instincts, intellect, strength of character and physical endurance often under great psychological pressure - the demands asked of them in modern warfare. Failure in this test might not necessarily mean dismissal though perserverence or refusal to give up won't harm their prospects.
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  • Four members of the Royal Gurkha Rifles are on tactical manoeuvres on heathland above Farnborough airfield, England. These Nepali-born boys belong to an elite Regiment of the British army. Every year 60,000 boys attend recruiting sessions in villages and towns in the Himalayan Kingdom but only 150 are selected each year to serve on active duty across the world. They fly to the UK for basic soldier training where they learn the skills required for infantry, transport, communications or clerical duties. Their reputation as a fierce but intensely loyal fighting force and many Victoria Crosses were won for bravery during World War 2. Here they are seen cradling modern SA-80 rifles while dressed in camouflaged helmets with oak leaves. The nearest to the camera points his weapon past the viewer with a yellow blank cover attached.
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  • In the foreground we see the strong forearm of a British army soldier whose blood group O-Negative has been tattooed in large letters beneath an image of a Japanese Geisha girl. He also wears a watch with aq green strap matching his working army fatigues uniform. Behind him are two part-time territorial army conscripts who are sitting on their  army-issued rucksack Bergens awaiting further orders to serve on active duty from Sandhurst military academy to the Balkans during Operation Resolute, the  National Support Element to support NATO action. The dominating figure in the foreground stands upright though we don't see his face. His two conscripts sit on the ground looking dejected or perhaps worried about their forthcoming duties. They are still in civillian clothing, jeans and t-shirts but will soon change into uniform.
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  • Wearing a large green helmet with the number 26 painted on the front, a worried-looking black soldier recruit gazes into the distance in front of a white army  instructor at the large Garrison at Catterick, England. Here, the Parachute Regiment (The Paras) - hold part of their famous basic training programme called Pegasus (P) Company. The most notorious selection procedure in the British Army. After initial recruitment, each student is sent to either pass or fail a set of 9 events from which a total score of 90 points is possible. 58% or more passes, less fails. Events like the 18 mile Forced March followed by a further 5 miles can earn 10 points though this will inevitably prove too much for many young man, desperate to pass P Company and earn his prestigious beret (Like the Foreign Legion).
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  • The marines visit Butlins holiday camp Skegness 1982 giving a disply to the crowd and encouraging recruitment during the Falklands war. Butlins Skegness is a holiday camp located in Ingoldmells near Skegness in Lincolnshire. Sir William Butlin conceived of its creation based on his experiences at a Canadian summer camp in his youth and by observation of the actions of other holiday accommodation providers, both in seaside resort lodging houses and in earlier smaller holiday campsThe camp began opened in 1936, when it quickly proved to be a success with a need for expansion. The camp included dining and recreation facilities, such as dance halls and sports fields. Over the past 75 years the camp has seen continuous use and development, in the mid-1980s and again in the late 1990s being subject to substantial investment and redevelopment. In the late 1990s the site was re-branded as a holiday resort, and remains open today as one of three remaining Butlins resorts.
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  • Window signs for a foster care agency, Network Recruitment Solutions, in London, United Kingdom.
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  • The marines skinny dipping as they visit Butlins holiday camp Skegness 1982 giving a disply to the crowd and encouraging recruitment during the Falklands war. Butlins Skegness is a holiday camp located in Ingoldmells near Skegness in Lincolnshire. Sir William Butlin conceived of its creation based on his experiences at a Canadian summer camp in his youth and by observation of the actions of other holiday accommodation providers, both in seaside resort lodging houses and in earlier smaller holiday campsThe camp began opened in 1936, when it quickly proved to be a success with a need for expansion. The camp included dining and recreation facilities, such as dance halls and sports fields. Over the past 75 years the camp has seen continuous use and development, in the mid-1980s and again in the late 1990s being subject to substantial investment and redevelopment. In the late 1990s the site was re-branded as a holiday resort, and remains open today as one of three remaining Butlins resorts.
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  • Drunk Marine, Friday night as the marines visited Butlins holiday camp Skegness 1982 giving a disply to the crowd and encouraging recruitment during the Falklands war. Butlins Skegness is a holiday camp located in Ingoldmells near Skegness in Lincolnshire. Sir William Butlin conceived of its creation based on his experiences at a Canadian summer camp in his youth and by observation of the actions of other holiday accommodation providers, both in seaside resort lodging houses and in earlier smaller holiday campsThe camp began opened in 1936, when it quickly proved to be a success with a need for expansion. The camp included dining and recreation facilities, such as dance halls and sports fields. Over the past 75 years the camp has seen continuous use and development, in the mid-1980s and again in the late 1990s being subject to substantial investment and redevelopment. In the late 1990s the site was re-branded as a holiday resort, and remains open today as one of three remaining Butlins resorts.
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  • The marines visit Butlins holiday camp Skegness 1982 giving a disply to the crowd and encouraging recruitment during the Falklands war. Butlins Skegness is a holiday camp located in Ingoldmells near Skegness in Lincolnshire. Sir William Butlin conceived of its creation based on his experiences at a Canadian summer camp in his youth and by observation of the actions of other holiday accommodation providers, both in seaside resort lodging houses and in earlier smaller holiday campsThe camp began opened in 1936, when it quickly proved to be a success with a need for expansion. The camp included dining and recreation facilities, such as dance halls and sports fields. Over the past 75 years the camp has seen continuous use and development, in the mid-1980s and again in the late 1990s being subject to substantial investment and redevelopment. In the late 1990s the site was re-branded as a holiday resort, and remains open today as one of three remaining Butlins resorts.
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  • The marines visit Butlins holiday camp Skegness 1982 giving a disply to the crowd and encouraging recruitment during the Falklands war. Butlins Skegness is a holiday camp located in Ingoldmells near Skegness in Lincolnshire. Sir William Butlin conceived of its creation based on his experiences at a Canadian summer camp in his youth and by observation of the actions of other holiday accommodation providers, both in seaside resort lodging houses and in earlier smaller holiday campsThe camp began opened in 1936, when it quickly proved to be a success with a need for expansion. The camp included dining and recreation facilities, such as dance halls and sports fields. Over the past 75 years the camp has seen continuous use and development, in the mid-1980s and again in the late 1990s being subject to substantial investment and redevelopment. In the late 1990s the site was re-branded as a holiday resort, and remains open today as one of three remaining Butlins resorts.
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  • A crowd watching from the donkey derby field the arrival of the marines by parachute as they visited Butlins holiday camp Skegness, giving a disply to the crowd and encouraging recruitment during the Falklands war. Butlins Skegness is a holiday camp located in Ingoldmells near Skegness in Lincolnshire. Sir William Butlin conceived of its creation based on his experiences at a Canadian summer camp in his youth and by observation of the actions of other holiday accommodation providers, both in seaside resort lodging houses and in earlier smaller holiday campsThe camp began opened in 1936, when it quickly proved to be a success with a need for expansion. The camp included dining and recreation facilities, such as dance halls and sports fields. Over the past 75 years the camp has seen continuous use and development, in the mid-1980s and again in the late 1990s being subject to substantial investment and redevelopment. In the late 1990s the site was re-branded as a holiday resort, and remains open today as one of three remaining Butlins resorts.
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  • Young KLA recruit, Tirana, Albania waiting to go to Kosovo to fight..The Kosovo Liberation Army or KLA (Albanian: Ushtria ?álirimtare e The Ushtria ?álirimtare e Kosov?´s (or U?áK) was a Kosovar Albanian guerilla group which sought the independence of Kosovo from Yugoslavia in the late 1990s.
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  • A British Army Gurkha recruit stands to attention during a barracks inspection at the Gurkha Regiments training centre at Church Crookham, on 16th January 1996, in England UK. Some 60,000 young Nepalese boys aged between 17 - 22 or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists report to designated recruiting stations in Nepals Himalayan foothills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000 - 12,000 feet. Only 160 are recruited with training continuing at this barracks until joining various units within the army. The Gurkhas training wing in Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Posing in the open doorway of an Airbus A319CJ Business jet, four female cabin crew members wear the uniforms of Qatar Airways whose airline has made a public relations stop at the Farnborough Air Show to publicise this new model of executive service. Airline stewards and stewardesses are nowadays more commonly referred to as cabin crew or flight attendants. They stand close together with broad grins showing their varied ethnicity. Middle-Eastern airlines generally recruit men and women from western Europe, Asia, Australasia and the Indian sub-continent dependent on routes and aircraft type. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
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  • Leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin (L) looks on as Rev James Gitau, a new recruit to the British National Party talks to reporters on the campaign trail n the constituency of Barking and Dagenham.
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  • CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX, UK, OCTOBER 27TH 2011. News student recruits fire off the gas to inflate their safety equipment during life jacket training. Virgin Atlantic air stewardess and steward training at The Base training facility. (Photo by Mike Kemp for The Washington Post)
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  • CRAWLEY, WEST SUSSEX, UK, OCTOBER 27TH 2011. News student recruits fire off the gas to inflate their safety equipment during life jacket training. Virgin Atlantic air stewardess and steward training at The Base training facility. (Photo by Mike Kemp for The Washington Post)
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  • People pass the Asia Kebab House in Southall in West London, also known as 'Little India' by some, is an area almost completely populated by people from South Asia. Figures show that the area is approximately 50 percent Indian in origin although walking the streets it would appear far higher as the local people go about their shopping in the many shops specialising in goods specific to this culture. The mix of religions is mainly Sikh, Hindu and Muslim.<br />
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Southall is primarily a South Asian residential district. 1950 was when the first group of South Asians arrived in Southall, reputedly recruited to work in a local factory owned by a former British Indian Army officer. This South Asian population grew due to the closeness of expanding employment opportunities. The most significant cultural group to settle in Southall are Indian Punjabis.
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  • A family pass the Asia Kebab House in Southall in West London, also known as 'Little India' by some, is an area almost completely populated by people from South Asia. Figures show that the area is approximately 50 percent Indian in origin although walking the streets it would appear far higher as the local people go about their shopping in the many shops specialising in goods specific to this culture. The mix of religions is mainly Sikh, Hindu and Muslim.<br />
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Southall is primarily a South Asian residential district. 1950 was when the first group of South Asians arrived in Southall, reputedly recruited to work in a local factory owned by a former British Indian Army officer. This South Asian population grew due to the closeness of expanding employment opportunities. The most significant cultural group to settle in Southall are Indian Punjabis.
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  • Southall in West London, also known as 'Little India' by some, is an area almost completely populated by people from South Asia. Figures show that the area is approximately 50 percent Indian in origin although walking the streets it would appear far higher as the local people go about their shopping in the many shops specialising in goods specific to this culture. The mix of religions is mainly Sikh, Hindu and Muslim.<br />
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Southall is primarily a South Asian residential district. 1950 was when the first group of South Asians arrived in Southall, reputedly recruited to work in a local factory owned by a former British Indian Army officer. This South Asian population grew due to the closeness of expanding employment opportunities. The most significant cultural group to settle in Southall are Indian Punjabis.
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  • Southall in West London, also known as 'Little India' by some, is an area almost completely populated by people from South Asia. Figures show that the area is approximately 50 percent Indian in origin although walking the streets it would appear far higher as the local people go about their shopping in the many shops specialising in goods specific to this culture. The mix of religions is mainly Sikh, Hindu and Muslim.<br />
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Southall is primarily a South Asian residential district. 1950 was when the first group of South Asians arrived in Southall, reputedly recruited to work in a local factory owned by a former British Indian Army officer. This South Asian population grew due to the closeness of expanding employment opportunities. The most significant cultural group to settle in Southall are Indian Punjabis.
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  • Sikh man passes the Sira cash and carry in Southall in West London, also known as 'Little India' by some, is an area almost completely populated by people from South Asia. Figures show that the area is approximately 50 percent Indian in origin although walking the streets it would appear far higher as the local people go about their shopping in the many shops specialising in goods specific to this culture. The mix of religions is mainly Sikh, Hindu and Muslim.<br />
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Southall is primarily a South Asian residential district. 1950 was when the first group of South Asians arrived in Southall, reputedly recruited to work in a local factory owned by a former British Indian Army officer. This South Asian population grew due to the closeness of expanding employment opportunities. The most significant cultural group to settle in Southall are Indian Punjabis.
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  • Southall Bazaar on Southall Broadway in West London, also known as 'Little India' by some, is an area almost completely populated by people from South Asia. Figures show that the area is approximately 50 percent Indian in origin although walking the streets it would appear far higher as the local people go about their shopping in the many shops specialising in goods specific to this culture. The mix of religions is mainly Sikh, Hindu and Muslim.<br />
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Southall is primarily a South Asian residential district. 1950 was when the first group of South Asians arrived in Southall, reputedly recruited to work in a local factory owned by a former British Indian Army officer. This South Asian population grew due to the closeness of expanding employment opportunities. The most significant cultural group to settle in Southall are Indian Punjabis.
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  • Sari shop in Southall in West London, also known as 'Little India' by some, is an area almost completely populated by people from South Asia. Figures show that the area is approximately 50 percent Indian in origin although walking the streets it would appear far higher as the local people go about their shopping in the many shops specialising in goods specific to this culture. The mix of religions is mainly Sikh, Hindu and Muslim.<br />
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Southall is primarily a South Asian residential district. 1950 was when the first group of South Asians arrived in Southall, reputedly recruited to work in a local factory owned by a former British Indian Army officer. This South Asian population grew due to the closeness of expanding employment opportunities. The most significant cultural group to settle in Southall are Indian Punjabis.
    03082011southallD.jpg
  • Southall in West London, also known as 'Little India' by some, is an area almost completely populated by people from South Asia. Figures show that the area is approximately 50 percent Indian in origin although walking the streets it would appear far higher as the local people go about their shopping in the many shops specialising in goods specific to this culture. The mix of religions is mainly Sikh, Hindu and Muslim.<br />
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Southall is primarily a South Asian residential district. 1950 was when the first group of South Asians arrived in Southall, reputedly recruited to work in a local factory owned by a former British Indian Army officer. This South Asian population grew due to the closeness of expanding employment opportunities. The most significant cultural group to settle in Southall are Indian Punjabis.
    03082011southallBA.jpg
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